One of the longer takeover sagas appears to have ended with the warehouse having announced its decision to end the warehouse extra format. This will effectively clear the way for either of the big two supermarkets to take over the warehouse. This is because the commerce commission is of the opinion that the warehouse would […]
Brilliant video, I love that Alec Baldwin has reinvented himself as a comedian:) http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/reliable-investments/698621/ Agnitio
A raging debate is going on over at Colin Espiner’s blog on National’s new law and order policy. Given that people are making lots of arguments on both sides, I thought it might be worthwhile laying out an analytical framework for how an Economist might view the justice system. I’m not going to go into […]
I’m currently in the US on business/visiting family and thought I might share with our kiwi readers back home some interesting things (from an economics perspective of course!) that I have come across in my travels. I’ll post any other random things I come across while in the land of the free. A few things […]
The one thing I hate about election year is seeing policies which are put in place to win an election and no basing in economic theory. Reading this quote from Trevor Mallarad made me angry “…there is no way that it is fair for one employee to be paid less each week in their take […]
I’ve been watching all the hysteria surrounding the cost of the new iPhone with great amusement. There’s an article on stuff saying the prices are way too high (see the available plans here), a petition to get the iPhone on prepay here and John Campbell was having a good crack at the guy from vodafone […]